Long Island Pippin
Apple
Long Island Pippin
Origin/History
Origin unknown. Specimens received from T. T. Lyon, Plymouth, Michigan. Downing's description is explicitly derived from Warder and adds no independent information.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, roundish, flattened, regular.
Stem: Medium to long.
Cavity: Medium, regular, green.
Calyx: Eye medium, closed.
Basin: Abrupt, deep, regular.
Skin: Smooth, yellowish-green.
Dots: Minute, scattered.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh greenish-yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid. Quality almost best.
Core and Seeds: Core large, oval, closed, clasping. Seeds numerous, pointed, angular, pale.
Season
January.
Uses
Table.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Long Island Pippin.
Origin unknown. Specimens received from T. T. Lyon, Plymouth, Michigan.
Fruit large, roundish, flattened, regular; Surface smooth, yellowish-green; Dots minute, scattered.
Basin abrupt, deep, regular; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity medium, regular, green; Stem medium to long.
Core large, oval, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, pointed, angular, pale; Flesh greenish-yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid; Quality almost best; Use, table; Season, January.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Long Island Pippin. Origin unknown. Specimens from T. T. Lyon, Plymouth, Mich. Fruit large, roundish, flattened, yellowish green. Flesh greenish yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy subacid. Almost best. January. (Warder.)